UAE company enlisted to provide drinking water on 32 islands
The US$8.6 million project is financed by OFID and the Green Climate Fund.
20 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
The Environment Ministry signed Wednesday an MVR133 million (US$8.6 million) contract with the UAE-based Water Engineering Services FZE to establish drinking water facilities on 32 islands.
Facilities on seven islands will reportedly be funded from the state budget and loans from OFID. More than MVR104 million for the other 25 islands comes from the Green Climate Fund.
The 10-month project involves setting up tanks to store rainwater along with units to filter, disinfect and store clean water.
The contract was signed just three days before the presidential election.
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